Wife says I should gladly let her eat food off my plate without asking first. Is she right?

Marriage 101. The wife is always right.

the FAKE Hingle McCringleberry wrote:

Take a dump on her plate to assert dominance

Wouldn't that just make her want to eat off of your plate even more?

Sharing food is normal, but if it bothers you she shouldn't do it. It's not like asking is a huge sacrifice for her, and it would make you happier.

Men also do some things for women they might feel are stupid just because it makes the woman happy.

Next time order a creamy dish, maybe a risotto or a polenta appetizer or something and press your schlong into it, leave a good outline of it like this. 8====)~

I recently discovered that my husband has been posting on this forum. The title of this thread caught my attention and to my shock, it was about me.

There are two sides to every story and in the 25 years we've been married, I had to put up with a lot from him.

He snores very loudly and that keeps me up constantly. I put on the tv late at night because it wakes him up, but he turns over and breathes more quietly for a while. I love him, so I accept it.

At home, he farts on the couch all the time while watching football on weekends. He does it at will; especially if I'm in the same room. It's juvenile, but I let it go because I love him.

He never helps with the dishes or helps me clean the house. God forbid, that he has ever done the laundry since college. He should appreciate me for maintaining my same weight since we married. This food complaint is ridiculous. If he would just once just offer me food off his plate just once in a blue moon, I wouldn't continue to take it first. He never gets the hint. After 25 years, I'm getting sick of his behavior and taking me for granted.

Perhaps I should accept an invitation for lunch from one of co-workers at the office who has been checking me out lately (very easy to see he's attracted to me) wants to take me to lunch. He's a little younger but very handsome.

Construct an aluminum plate protector, that's a foot high at the back and sides, goes under your plate, and hooks on your side of the table so she can't pull it away. This will provide an obstacle to grabbing your food.

If she asks why you constructed such a strange thing, just reply with "intellectual curiosity" and leave it at that.

Just Wow's wife wrote:

Perhaps I should accept an invitation for lunch from one of co-workers at the office who has been checking me out lately (very easy to see he's attracted to me) wants to take me to lunch. He's a little younger but very handsome.

The kid is also banging your husband's secretary, so for your own health and safety, make sure he wears a condom.

It may not be the norm, but many people will invite their date to taste their dish without even being asked. I suggest trying that and enjoying her delight when you do.

If you fear running out of food, just order a bit more.

Sounds like you owe your naughty husband a pegging! As usual, don't ask, just take it!

Is your wife a German Shepherd ?

Just wow... wrote:

We'll get served at a restaurant, for example, and before I take my first bite of food or she tries hers, she'll reach over the table with her fork and snag a hunk of food off my plate. No, "oh, that looks good, can I try that honey?". It irritates me, and she knows it and gets very angry at my for this, as if I'm the bad guy here. She says this is what people who are intimate with each other do, and it's a sign that I'm selfish and I lack in that capacity. Seriously???

I feel you!

My ex-wife use to do that and it would irritate the heck out of me as well. I especially hated it when she ate from my plate before I did. I never made a big deal about it because for fear of seeming trivial. I don't even know why it irritated me so much. My current wife does it on occasions, but she always ask first and invites me to eat off of her plate. For some reason it does not bother me anymore.

Seems weird to me the people against sharing. You share body fluids with your wife, why not share food, utensils, drinks, cups

When your meal arrives, immediately cough all over it like the 10 year old you still are.

Women are genetically programmed to take whatever a man has.

And gay. He thinks you wear too much makeup badly and wants to help you with that.

webby wrote:

It may not be the norm, but many people will invite their date to taste their dish without even being asked. I suggest trying that and enjoying her delight when you do.

If you fear running out of food, just order a bit more.

I think this is the best strategy of all that have been mentioned so far. I've done it a few times, including at lunch today, and typically, she'll not immediately take me up on the offer, but say something like "thanks, I may have some later." The fear of running out of food thing isn't really why it bugs me.

Point taken. There are certainly two sides to the story...I thought for a moment this actually might have been her until I got to the part about farting on the couch while watching football. That's not me, in fact, she's the one who farts all the time at will. Thank god they don't smell too bad.

I've never married so I don't know as well as many of you, but isn't marriage supposed to be like that scene in "Animal House" where the fraternity pledge is getting a paddled and must say "Thank you, Sir, may I have another?" after each whack?

Wife at this house is a good one, I said good in most area, great in some.

She doesn't eat off my plate but when I try to eat her share or portion she has a problem.

If you are sitting at a table with family (parents n kids) then no, I wouldn't do it.

But sharing outside of that yes, and she hates it.

She resents it/me bc I'm "uncouth".

Then I resent it/her bc she is greedy and Selfish.

One day I left to the store to buy her a pallet of Duet Coke bc I had merely sipped her coke.

She said "ridiculous".

I said "Selfish".

My family had many kids growing up.

Her family had few and pretended to have many resources when they didn't.

Best wishes working through it.

These days it's not much of a problem in our household.

She used to hide food but then it would spoil. She realized she was being the problem, hoarding food.